Curtain-holding device



(Nq Model.)

. E. B; PIPER.

CURTAIN HOLDI'NGDEVIGB.

' Patented Mar. 1'3 1894.

J been provided with a knob or handle for turnsame.

UNITED STATES P TENT OFFICE.

ED\VARI) E. PIPER; OElOl-t'lLANl), MAINE.

CURTAIN-HOLDING DEVICE.

S PECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 516,280, dated March 13, 1894.

Application filed October 19, 1893. Serial No. 488,608. (ilo model.) i

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that LEDWARD E. PIPER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Portland, in the county of Cumberland and State of Maine, have invented certain new and useful Improvements .in Curtain-Holding Devices; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptiouof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the My invention relates to a curtain holding device of that class wherein the spring actuated curtain is provided with a hollow curtain stick having rods or spindles extending from the center .to the ends,- the outer ends of said rcdsbeing provided with friction tips which are pressed normally against the window casing to hold the curtain in place. The inner ends of these rods have heretofore been -.retracted.by means of thumb pieces or pendants acting directly on the rods or by pivoted levers or cams. In using a cam or lever for this purpose I have found that when it has ing it, the turning of the knob had a tendency to lift one end of the curtain stick and to throw it out of its groove in the window casing. I have also found that the cam or lever should be allowed to turn in but one direction for the reason that when reversed it is apt to bend the Wire rods.

One portion of my invention therefore is directed to an improvement in the form of the cam or lever to be used so that it can turn but one way and to provide means for operating the same which will be free from the objections noted, and another portion of my invention is directed to so'forming the end of the hollowflat tube which I use that it will make a suitable bearing for a sleeve, rod orother cylindrical member which may beinserted in the end. l

I illustrate my invention by means of the accompanyingdrawings in which Figure l is a section on the line y y of Fig. 3. of a portion of the curtain stick and a front elevation of the balance. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the central portion. Fig. 3 is a section on the line a: so of Fig. 2 and Fig. at is aperspective view of the end of the tube sh wing the manner of forming the end to make a hearing for the rod or cylinder which enters it. I

- Arepreseuts a hat .iube which serves as the curtain stick. Extending from each end to the ceuterjs the rod orspindie B on the outer end'of which is the brake e pressed normally outward against the truck D by means of the coiled ,spring (I. The truck D is journaled between the ears 0 O which are'secured to the outer end of a sleeve 0 entering the end of the tube A. In order to hold this. sleeve in place in the end of the tube and to form a bearing for it I compress the sides of the tube at and near the end to close around the sleeve and thus form a bearing for it. In this wayI am enabled to avoid the expense of fitting a plug 'in the end of the tube and boring it out; it

being only necessary by my present method to insert a mandrel and stamp the end with a die.

The tube Ahas a portion of its face cut away. on each'side of the center to give access to the inside and a portion b is turned inward to form a bearing for the rod B and a rest against whichthe spring d can press. The inner end of eachrod is connected by means of pivots with a centrally pivoted lever F having a journal f which extends through the tube and which has formed .on its outer end ahandie lever h. A nut 0 holds the journal f in place. A stationary handle 9 is secured to the face of the tube A and it extends down to form a rest for the hand while operating the handlev lever h.

I represents the curtain. 4

The form of the lever F is such that it can be turned only in one direction without striking against the inside of .the tube. To accomplishthis I cut away that portionof the edge of the lever (marked f which comes adjacent to the point at which the rod is pivoted on each side so that it will be permitted to turn to retract the rods without striking. Projections f are formed in such a position that when the lever is in its normal position b IOO low the end of the curtain where they ma 2 v maeso' be readily grasped and where the pull will be directly downward. Another advantage of this construction is that I am able to get a leveragefor turning the levers against the force of the stiif springs much greater than I could get-with a knob or knob handle. v

.It is evident that if the sleeve 0 is dispensed with as it is in some forms of curtain'holding devices, the end of the tube can be bent in the same manner as described to form a bearing for the spindle.

It is evident that the work done by the lever F may'also be done with a cam and that the two would be equivalents in this connection.

I claim- I 1. In a curtain holding device, a hollow tube, a springactua'ted spindle extending longitudinally through said tube from the end to the center, a friction tip on the outer end of said spindle, a leverjournaled within said tube for retracting said spindle, the journal of said lever being provided at its outer end with a handle lever and a stationary handle opposed 3 i to said handle lever and secured to said tube,

substantially as described.

a spring actuated spindle extendinglongitudinally' through saidv tube from each end there-- I 2. In a curtain holding device, a hollow tube,

points, so that they will clear the inner surface of said tube when the lever is rotated to retract said spindles and two opposite projections on said lever'so located as to strike the inside of said tube when the same is rotated in the opposite direction, substantially as described.

3. A curtain stick composed of a hollow tube of oblong cross-section bent or'compressed at the ends therotto form 'a bearing for a rod or cylinder, substantially as described.

' In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses. v

- EDWARD E. PIPER.

Witnesses:

H. G. PALMER,. y S. W. BATES.

DISCLAIMER.

516,280.Edwa'rd E. Piper, of Portland, Maine CURTAIN-HOLDING DEVICES. Patent dated March 13, 1894. Disclaimer filed November 20, 1894:, by the inventor.

Enters his disclaimer to that portion of the specification which is included in claim one. [Oflicial Gazette, November 27, 18.94.] 

